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i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening from mesa, arizona, the site of this week's arizona republican presidential debate and where a growing international crisis may join jobs and health care as top tier issues. tonight amid worries of $5 a gallon gasoline, the top u.s. general warns israel an attack on iran's nuclear program is not prudent. also, pal babeu, a sheriff prominent to the state's immigration debate confirms he is gay. another outspoken lawman sheriff joe arpaio weighs in on that controversy. plus, a natural wonder that isn't. what it seems a water fall that looks like red hot lava. >>> more evidence tonight that if there is a front runner the republican race, it is at the moment rick santorum, not mitt romney. it the nomination is won state by state and arizona and michigan are up next a week away. as we prepare for a big debate wednesday night, check this out. santorum now surging to a ten-point lead over romney in the national gallup tracking poll. no surpris
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i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening. i'm john king reporting tonight. when the historic college of william and mary in williamsburg, virginia. tonight donald trump endorses mitt romney in vegas of all places. also virginia talks about newt gingrich's vow to fight through the southern proom rest and what he would say if asked to join the republican ticket. and former defense secretary robert gates talks exclusively to us about how fast to pull out of afghanistan and how much he agrees with his former boss's agrees with his former boss's gop critics. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we begin with today's verbal fireworks on capitol hill in washington on the face of pointed attacks by republicans, the attorney general eric holder today rejected calls for his resignation and refused to take the blame for a program that sent u.s. guns to mexico's drug gangs in an effort to trace gun smuggling. attorney general holder says he shut down the program dubbed operation fast and furious shortly after it came to his attentio
i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening. i'm john king reporting tonight. when the historic college of william and mary in williamsburg, virginia. tonight donald trump endorses mitt romney in vegas of all places. also virginia talks about newt gingrich's vow to fight through the southern proom rest and what he would say if asked to join the republican ticket. and former defense secretary robert gates talks exclusively to us about how...
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i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening. i'm john king. tonight president obama retreats on a healthcare bill over contraception that infuriated the catholic church, conservatives and some democrats in tough races this year. also she is always seen but rarely heard. but today calista gingrich tried to help her husband restart his presidential bid. plus former penn state coach jerry sandusky speaks out as he asks the judge to loosen his house arrest on an array of house arrest on an array of sexual abuse charges. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we begin with the white house riri treat on a major healthcare policy battle with huge political implications. no longer will religious schools and charities be required to provide free birth control to their employees. if they don't the insurance company will have to provide that coverage. the president says it's a win/win. >> this is an issue where people of goodwill on both sides of the debate have been sorting through some very complicated questions to find a solution tha
i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening. i'm john king. tonight president obama retreats on a healthcare bill over contraception that infuriated the catholic church, conservatives and some democrats in tough races this year. also she is always seen but rarely heard. but today calista gingrich tried to help her husband restart his presidential bid. plus former penn state coach jerry sandusky speaks out as he asks the judge to loosen his...
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i'm candy crowley in for wolf blitzer in the situation room. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm jessica yellin infor john king. tonight iran's president defiant as he declares progress in developing nuclear fuel rods. plus it's an all-out war for votes as rombo storms michigan's airwaves. santorum hits hard in romney's native state. >>> and new tonight, the world will be able to watch whitney houston's funeral. details on what we'll see as loved ones say goodbye to the super star. >>> iran is one step closer to being able to build a nuclear weapon. the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad claim as breakthrough, claiming they've now made their own nuclear fuel rods. but he says they're for peaceful purposes. this is much more than just a photo op, certain to case late already heightened tensions with israel. it could mean even higher gas prices for you. barbara starr is at the pentagon. barbara, it's a lot to make sense of. put all of this in context for us. >> well, good evening, jessica. when you look at those pictures coming out of iran today, there's a lot of facts and a
i'm candy crowley in for wolf blitzer in the situation room. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm jessica yellin infor john king. tonight iran's president defiant as he declares progress in developing nuclear fuel rods. plus it's an all-out war for votes as rombo storms michigan's airwaves. santorum hits hard in romney's native state. >>> and new tonight, the world will be able to watch whitney houston's funeral. details on what we'll see as loved ones say goodbye to the super...
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i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening. from mesa, arizona the site of tomorrow's cnn arizona republican presidential debate. tonight the issue that won't go away. president obama's fate. mitt romney labels the obama agenda secular. and the reverend frank ln graham says islam is getting a free pass from this president. also with just a week to go before arizona's primary, brand-new polling tonight show as fluid two-way race between mitt romney and rick santorum. and why wait in line at starbucks when you can inhale your morning jolt? >> we begin tonight with presidential politics. new numbers that underscore just how important our big debate here is tomorrow night and a new twist in the campai campaign conversation. a new cnn times poll shows a statistical dead heat this arizona. 36% for mitt romney, 32% for the surging rick santorum. add in a small santorum lead in michigan which also votes next tuesday, and what you get is a tense, volatile gop race as the final four candidates prepare for their first debate in nearly a m
i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening. from mesa, arizona the site of tomorrow's cnn arizona republican presidential debate. tonight the issue that won't go away. president obama's fate. mitt romney labels the obama agenda secular. and the reverend frank ln graham says islam is getting a free pass from this president. also with just a week to go before arizona's primary, brand-new polling tonight show as fluid two-way race between mitt...
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i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." situation room." the news continues next on cnn. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> i'm john king. tonight, the obama administration warns cairo a 308-year alliance could collapse if egypt keeps its pledge to prosecute 19 americas working for pro advocate groups. >> mitt romney's sudden attacks problem the next 24 hours are perhaps the most critical of rick santorum's campaign. tonight's truth explores two spots with a michigan twist that added politics to the traditional super bowl add debate. >> presidential politics in a moment. up first, mounting outrage in washington with egypts defiant promise to prosecute 19 americans. the white house today threatened to cut off billions in u.s. aid if they put 19 u.s. citizens on trial. those citizens include the son of transportation secretary ray lahood. their alleged crime? channeling money and offering support to human rights groups. in colorado this afternoon, the crisis was newt gingrich's first point of attack. >> this reminds me exactly of jimmy
i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." situation room." the news continues next on cnn. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> i'm john king. tonight, the obama administration warns cairo a 308-year alliance could collapse if egypt keeps its pledge to prosecute 19 americas working for pro advocate groups. >> mitt romney's sudden attacks problem the next 24 hours are perhaps the most critical of rick santorum's campaign. tonight's truth explores two spots with a...
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she was having a conversation with wolf blitzer today and she has not officially said i am on team romney. why? >> i have said all along that i will be backing our party's nominee and i will happily do that. >> when? >> what i'm doing is working behind the scenes, bringing together all faxctions of our party. as the line said in the wizard of oz, all in good time, my pretty. it will happen. >> and wolf is pretty. no, the truth is and i spoke with michele today and i speak with rick often. all in due time. >> they want something. there's a little leverage there. >> absolutely not. michele has been clear, rick has been clear. they're not going to sell their endorsement or leverage for anything. but they are -- they have said very clearly from the very beginning, they're going to do what needs to be done to coa less conservatives and defeat barack obama. compare this to '08. hillary did not get out until the first week of june and then they went on successfully. we're still -- we still have a month, a little over a month. >> i would argue they had fewer -- there was some bad blood but it was
she was having a conversation with wolf blitzer today and she has not officially said i am on team romney. why? >> i have said all along that i will be backing our party's nominee and i will happily do that. >> when? >> what i'm doing is working behind the scenes, bringing together all faxctions of our party. as the line said in the wizard of oz, all in good time, my pretty. it will happen. >> and wolf is pretty. no, the truth is and i spoke with michele today and i...
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i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening from the cnn election center. i'm john king. tonight mitt romney tries to stop the newt gingrich south carolina surge by demanding the former speaker release results of a damning ethics investigation. >>> plus appropriate or despicable? we put my controversial opening question from last night's big debate to the truth test. >>> and a deadly day in afghanistan leaves six u.s. marines and four french soldiers dead. the french now threatening to the french now threatening to pull out for good. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we begin tonight in south carolina where the republican candidates for president down to their final night of campaigning before tomorrow's all-important presidential primary. everything we expected at the start of the week now turned on its head. polls show newt gingrich surging. the one-time frontrunner mitt romney sees the state slipping away. today governor romney fought back by demanding speaker beginnin
i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening from the cnn election center. i'm john king. tonight mitt romney tries to stop the newt gingrich south carolina surge by demanding the former speaker release results of a damning ethics investigation. >>> plus appropriate or despicable? we put my controversial opening question from last night's big debate to the truth test. >>> and a deadly day in afghanistan leaves six u.s....
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just moments ago, wolf blitzer asked dianne feinstein if she knows of any incidents where there were leaks. >> yes, i can tell you where lives have been in danger. >> has anyone been killed as a result? >> not to my knowledge. >> do you want to go into specifics? >> no, i do not. >> brianna keilar joins us now. how does the white house answer what a pretty serious allegation for both democrats and republicans? >> i spoke with one senior administration official, john, who insisted that these leaks drive us crazy. that's what i was told. when you look at a lot of these stories, certainly there are many details that raise questions. if some of them are not coming from the white house, they coming from the administration when you talking about some of the classified details. that seems obvious even if they are not coming from the white house. this is a white house that has made a big deal about clamping down on leaks. at this point in time, when you ask, how will you cooperate with these hearings that we know are going to happen certainly on the senate side of the hill, this fbi investig
just moments ago, wolf blitzer asked dianne feinstein if she knows of any incidents where there were leaks. >> yes, i can tell you where lives have been in danger. >> has anyone been killed as a result? >> not to my knowledge. >> do you want to go into specifics? >> no, i do not. >> brianna keilar joins us now. how does the white house answer what a pretty serious allegation for both democrats and republicans? >> i spoke with one senior administration...
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i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. >>> thanks for joining us. i'm candy crowley, john king is off. >>> tonight, the local and national fur roar over a teenager's shooting death convinces a florida police chief to step aside. the man who fired the fatal shot has not been charged. >>> also, the bloody end of a siege leaves unanswered questions about why a self-proclaimed jihadist was allowed to roam free. >>> mitt romney goes after rick santorum, we may as well stay with president obama rather than take a risk of a romney candacecy. >>> but, first, breaking news. we are just getting the details of what caused whitney houston's death. as you know, she was found last month in the bathtub of her hotel room in beverly hills. let's go to kareen wynter who joins us live from los angeles. what can you tell us? >> hi, candy. what i can tell you, the final cause of death has been determined to be drowning from heart disease as well as cocaine. that's right. there was cocaine in whitney houston's sy
i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. >>> thanks for joining us. i'm candy crowley, john king is off. >>> tonight, the local and national fur roar over a teenager's shooting death convinces a florida police chief to step aside. the man who fired the fatal shot has not been charged. >>> also, the bloody end of a siege leaves unanswered questions about why a self-proclaimed jihadist was allowed to roam free. >>>...
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peter king told wolf blitzer he's been told 11 women were brought back to the hotel where the secret service agents were staying. >> this is a serious, serious violation of everything the secret service stands for. what these 11 agents did put the potentially puts any president at risk. puts themselves at risk. leaves themselves open to blackmail and to threats. >> jessica yellin is here with me. as the investigation goes on, they are insisting the president was never at risk. that it's embarrassing. it's humiliating. but that he was never at risk. when you gauktalk about 11 secr service agencies, ten members of the military -- >> it's not ideal, john, to say the very least. the reason they say he wasn't at risk it was several days before the president orifd. and because they make the point that even if a housekeeper were to come into their room, they are always careful about hide anything sensitive materials. never leaving out anything that could be compromising. at the same time i've spoken to a long list of former secret service agents today and some current government officials w
peter king told wolf blitzer he's been told 11 women were brought back to the hotel where the secret service agents were staying. >> this is a serious, serious violation of everything the secret service stands for. what these 11 agents did put the potentially puts any president at risk. puts themselves at risk. leaves themselves open to blackmail and to threats. >> jessica yellin is here with me. as the investigation goes on, they are insisting the president was never at risk. that...
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i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. the news continues next on cnn. >>> tonight a man is held in mississippi for convict just grant freedom as anger over the former governor's last-minute pardons intensifies. michelle obama grows the twitter universe. and suze orman visits to share her new project on working families and the campaign conversation about dollars and cents. >>> we begin this evening with the still growing political and legal uproar in the state of mississippi. state officials may ask for nation-wide help tracking down some convicted murderers pardoned this week by the outgoing governor halee barber. some victims' families are worried and furious. >> we are in jail now and david is out of jail. we will forever be looking over our shoulder wondering if today is the day that david decided that he was going to finish what he started. >> cnn's martin savidge is in jackson, mississippi reporting the story. martin they've been pardoned but now the state says guys you have to come back. do they have to come back?
i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. the news continues next on cnn. >>> tonight a man is held in mississippi for convict just grant freedom as anger over the former governor's last-minute pardons intensifies. michelle obama grows the twitter universe. and suze orman visits to share her new project on working families and the campaign conversation about dollars and cents. >>> we begin this evening with the still growing political and legal uproar in the state of...